The municipalities of Campinas and Monte Mor, located in the interior of São Paulo, receive free sessions from the Cine Solar project this week – the country’s first traveling cinema powered by photovoltaic energy.
The exhibition in Campinas happens today (2) e, tomorrow (3) in Monte Mor, at 19h.
Sponsored by CPFL Energy and support from the CPFL Institute and Municipal Governments, the sessions will feature an environmental education and audiovisual language workshop for young people and children.
will be displayed short films and the film “Raya and the Last Dragon”. The public will be able to visit the van, a car that carries the entire cinema and turns into a mobile station for science, art, technology and sustainability.
According to the project's creator, Cynthia Alario, the initiative has the with the aim of contributing to a possible cultural democratization. “Travelling through Brazil, I witnessed how diverse and, unfortunately, unequal our territory is. There is a shortage of cultural facilities and access to renewable energy,” he highlights.
“Our role is always to act with enchantment and joy, through cultural and environmental actions, in raising people's awareness, in addition to bringing them closer to new technologies and national cinematographic productions”, adds the creator.
Sessions across Brazil
CineSolar, launched in 2013, promotes art and sustainability, taking cinema to remote communities without access to culture. In total, more than a thousand sessions have already been held and more than 200 films have been shown, including feature films and shorts, in more than 450 cities across the country.
The project is made possible by Federal Culture Incentive Law and is sponsored by large entities, such as the CPFL Energia Group.
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In addition to the cinema sessions, the project also hosts Oficinema — workshops that integrate art, technology and sustainability, and disseminate sustainable practices for everyday life, from waste separation to the reuse of recyclable materials.
The meeting, held in person or online, lasting three hours, aims to raise awareness and enable participants to express themselves through audiovisual language, using basic elements such as photography, framing and script.
“At the meetings we discuss the topic of sustainability and renewable energy in more depth, encouraging children and young people to reflect on their community, based on local discussions and using major global solutions as a reference,” explains Cynthia.
